Improved journal-box



` UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

4EDVVABD F. LIGHT, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED JOU RNAL-BOX.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,343, dated August21, 1866.

, wealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in JournalBoXes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l represents a perspective view of a journal-box with myimprovements applied thereto.- Fig. 2 represents a cen-trai longitudinalcross-section on line A B.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the saine, I will proceed to describe it.

In the drawings, A represents the lower half, aud B the upper half, ofajournal-box with my improvements applied thereto. C and D representrecesses or chambers in the inside of the box, in which cotton or otherhrous material is placed.

Upon each side of the lower part, A, of the box inclined planes a at areformed, which in- 'eline toward chamber (J.

A channel or groove, b, extends the entire length of' the box-that is,between the flan ges c c. Screws d d are fitted into the flange c.

E represents the ordinary lining of Babbitt met-al, and F F are openingsthrough which the oil or other lubricating substance is applied.

The object of chambers C and D is, that when they are filled with cottonor other tibrous material, they present to the shaft an anti-frictionsurface, and at the same time, being filled or saturated with oil, thefriction of the shaft upon the cotton or other fibrous matter takes upthe oil from the cotton, while any surplus oil passes around with theshaft until it comes to the inclined planes a a, when it returns intochamber C, to be taken up and ap` plied to the shaft in a similar manneras above described.

The fianges at the end of the box, in connection with the fian ges e eand inclined planes a, prevent the oil from escaping, thus avoidin g thewaste of oil which takes place with all ordinary journal-boxes.

In applying oil or other'` lubricating substance the groove or channel bmay be nearly filled if desired.

A journal-box thus made will retain the oil for a long time, the oilbeing constantly ap- .A

plied to the shaft when in motion, as above stated.

In case the channel or groove b should ever become filled with dirt, itcan be easily cleaned out by removing the screws d (Zand running in awire or small stick.

Having described my improved journal-box, what I claim therein as newand of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

Making the lower half, A, of ajournal-box with a groove or channel, b,and chamber or recess C, in combination with the upper edges, withinclined planes c, andthe ends with flanges c and e, substantially asset forth.

EDWARD F. LIGHT.

Witnesses:

Trios. H. DODGE, D. L. MILLER.

